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Shalimar Parfum Initial(2011)
Guerlain · Thierry Wasser · Floral
At a glance
Created by Thierry Wasser for Guerlain, this variant of Shalimar opens on bergamot and citrus, moves through a heavily overdosed iris-rose-jasmine heart, and closes on vanilla, patchouli, and musk, reworking Jacques Guerlain's foundational 1925 oriental with a distinctly modern iris emphasis for a new generation of wearers.
Did you know?
This scent's vanilla note relies on vanillin, the compound that made vanilla affordable worldwide — first synthesized in 1874.
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